David Ruffin performs 'You'll Lose a precious Love' in 1969

[@TheGreatest-4Eva]

Only the real fans of ruffin look this video up.. 2022

[@gfine2000]

Are you kidding me! Did you see how he effortlessly hit those high notes? Damn! David was the best! Wow! Now that's "real" talent baby!

[@wonderawhile5832]

Please ask them to put up the whole show if they have it! I'm sure millions of Ruff's fans would love to see it. I know I would. Thanks.

[@TAROTAI]

This is 2021 - no further enjoyment - we are deeply ill - body & soul

[@lindahines9380]

that would be nice 😊 but if they had it I'm sure it would have posted by now

[@PoetryManDC]

David Ruffin is a "Soul Singer"!!! Not by the genre of music, but the source of his voice… He cried, he prayed, he raged and he soothed with his voice…. To me David's voice is like Silk and Sandpaper drizzled with honey and hot butter… Sing In Peace King!!!

[@ginabellavia3247]

Perfectly said

[@maryannbyrd980]

Yes u right

[@maryannbyrd980]

So deep

[@kevinbell5079]

I wish he did a ballad with aretha franklin or patti strong sweet heart touching voices

[@pattiturner8080]

Hence the origin of the term. Many go under the title of soul singer and aren't even in the neighborhood of SOUL. I come from Detroit., .... 1957

[@SanFreeman1]

Nobody could sing or sell a song like David Ruffin. Rest In Peace. You were the best!

[@maryannbyrd980]

Yes he was!!!!¡!

[@MrGandharva108]

No vocal group should contain a talent like this. One of the greatest singers of ALL TIME !!

[@jimjackson4111]

Yes.

[@rjam1974]

The original temptations was by far the most talented singing group. How many groups can you have where all of them easily could be lead singers. So so sad how most of them had such tragic demises

[@maryannbyrd980]

Yes

[@glennnorman8981]

I waited for him to hit that high note and to my amazement he did it effortlessly! Regardless of his shortcomings and demons (which we all have) David was indeed an incredible singer/entertainer! You just can't take that away from him.

[@virgiethomas6803]

👍

[@myrtlearnold6976]

I concur!!!

[@xxcrump3575]

Glenn Norman you smokin that crack?😱

[@schoolboy320th]

😆 🤣

[@ginabellavia3247]

💖

[@susanboeing7858]

DAVID RUFFIN WAS THE EPIC VOICE OF PURE SOUL

[@davidoverholt251]

David had the voice!

[@JessicaNaranjo4094]

Why can't we have singers like this today?!?!

[@brittlia_]

@Jessica Naranjo Thats what Im saying!

[@charlesstevens6705]

YOU SIR ARE SUPER ON POINT. THOSE WERE PROPHETS AND POETS

[@lyricalstyles]

jessica naranjo because he was one of of kind

[@elaineharrell8271]

Two words no talent what so ever

[@MsTrueTy]

They around. They just not getting signed, not enough exposure if they indie and not enough Public outcry for good music.

[@divadoll606]

To see David Ruffin actually singing these two, in particular, I feel blessed. He was brilliant.

[@TargaryenGardening]

I'm Only 19 and I just love this Mans music. I was afraid of people judging me because I know this is before my time but I can't help but to look back and learn. And listen. I wish men had this style & look today in my generation David is so sexy. & can sang

[@antij1]

You have good taste, that's what it shows.

[@brunoamedoreiii10]

Tanierahh Kimmy amen. we need more singers like him and more young ladies like you

[@heirsofthekingdom9810]

Tanierahh Kimmy I'm telling you 1944 was the year that I was supposed to be born....for multiple reason

[@Erbruffin1964]

check me out

[@autumnrayn390]

ColeWorld andFreshHeirs I tell my mother that all the time!! 🙄🙄😒😒

[@kingpro192]

Best vocalist of ALL time! Mr. Ruffin.

[@cedricmayfield7058]

I miss his voice so much

[@syxxwilliams]

follow his son he sing just like him david ruffins jr

[@showboatvip7890]

Lol! that son can not sing. at all. Stop it! No one cares.

[@elaineharrell8271]

My “Sexy “David”I have a crush on the late great David Ruffin it is so sad that he is no longer here to carry on. RIP David

[@devinbatts722]

Me too❤ he was talented and very handsome. My lord

[@maryannbyrd980]

I have a crush on him also

[@quentinwilliams6354]

To one of the greatest (r&b ,soul) singers of the 21st century. What separates David Ruffin is the fact that he was the total package. He could deliver a song from the depths of his soul. He had incredible showmanship and style. He could carry a complete show by himself. This man was the ultimate superstar whose musical career was obviously derailed by Motown shelving some of his projects and compounded by his personal struggles. "A man's accomplishments far outweigh his past misdeeds ". May God be pleased!

[@maryannbyrd980]

Àmen

[@maryannbyrd980]

God bless his family 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@MarkGormley-nn7fh]

Best example of a Flawed genius ,hes undoubtedly the finest singer there will ever be ,no one comes close

[@tyroneyork2159]

That smooth transition into the next song 🐐🔥

[@eett5902]

Wow! DAVID RUFFIN IS HANDS DOWN THE BEST EVER TO GRACE A STAGE.

[@thebassman5820]

David was a BEAST

[@hogan85]

You'll lose a precious love was david's first lead as a temptation and I could never love another was his last #1 r&b hit wit them!

[@robertvelez8485]

King David are singing these songs live so you better beware cause you will never ever love another after seeing and believing in the great David Ruffin!

[@antij1]

What a brilliant talent. He's still touching lives with his beautiful gift and nobody--not Otis Williams or any of his other detractors--can take that away from him.

[@bettywilliams8651]

right on right on

[@willopam9356]

Otis cant lead a song. Maybe, that was one of the reason he did not like David. The girls and women loved David.

[@elaineharrell8271]

You are so right look Berry Gordy did he could have release his music, I feel like Barry should have got David help because he had a very bad addiction when a person has a drug problem they need someone to care enough to help them and remind them how they were before drugs and say don't let drugs destroy you its like they saw him at the end of life Cliff no one care enough to help him I no he was grown man, don't look don't on a man until you are picking them up. Sometimes we all need help from other because what they see we sometimes don't see we are suppose to help each other to make this world a better place. Love each other not throw stones. Take heed of God warning.

[@sereneamani1713]

@@willopam9356 lol "ain't nobody coming to see you Otis".

[@roseburton8944]

When I was young, his pictures was all over my bedroom.

[@royalsoulness]

Happy Birthday to the Great David Ruffin!

[@jeffreyconyers8735]

His biggest fans will testify that he gave the group the image that others required that came later. Truly dynamic that Wee Gee Howard of the Dramatics was inspired by this great man.

[@aaronedwards400]

Ruff was the best I ever heard,r.i.p. g.o.a.t

[@margearettarmstrong4779]

Amen

[@lindahines9380]

AMEN!

[@hhrmurray]

David Ruffin... Still the BEST to me . Love his voice and delivery.

[@jackmeoff9116]

Ruff was the voice of the temptations!! He was an entertainer!! I wish they would do Biopic movie of his life . These young Rappers & singers could learn a life lesson from David Ruffin's life story!!

[@heirsofthekingdom9810]

The one, the only David Ruffin killing those vocals. When he hit those high notes in the second song he had them shook lol.

[@jimjackson4111]

Yes.

[@michaelcoleman8080]

That voice is a gift from God!! for real..

[@a1992aron]

ain't that the truth. Every time I watch his last performances, its saddens me. He self destructed. Just like David Jr said, he needed love, but got fame.

[@elaineharrell8271]

I wish my Sweet David was here beside me R.I.P.

[@falanajerido6939]

Amen

[@falanajerido6939]

@Linda Hines did you know him personally?

[@falanajerido6939]

@Linda Hines ok thank you

[@Carl-mc9he]

David was one of the greatest showman and vocalist.of all time.he could be a bit arrogant and condescending at times.but no one could deny his remarkable talent.r.i.p

[@a1992aron]

David is such a genius by putting these two songs, They really go together so much

[@lisaguy1860]

You can hear the Gospel in his voice!!!!!

[@eett5902]

Pure Perfection!

[@luvdruffin]

Can't help but to love Mr. Ruffin!!!

[@lincolnadmirer]

This man...I just don't know if he had an equal as a singer. Ridiculously talented.

[@soonnya]

PERFECTION...a voice like his is no longer....oh, how I long for those days...but, I'm so very thankful to have been alive to witness this great, great music/voice...

[@joeseibert5165]

The song is a medley, the first song is "I Could Never Love Another" and the second is "You'll Lose a Precious Love". Thanks for posting this. I had never seen this performance.

[@BeautifulSmile1970]

Such a Fantastic Singer, Magnificant and An Awsome Deliverer. Wow. His music, I love. Music is not like this anymore and I really wish we had some true vocalist such as Mr. Ruffin. My hat is off to him. Rest In Peace.

[@robindowell309]

This mans voice could just rip you apart! David is the best ever!! Just simply mesmerizing!!!!! RIP David

[@lindahines8287]

Motown didn't promote David's work after he died.his music should Have been sold in the millions.

[@srercrcr]

They weren't the best of friends

[@DorisKeith-v5j]

They didn't promote him when alive They held him to a contract to keep him from going on his own and buried him by restricting his recordings and performances Dirty Bast....s

[@DorisKeith-v5j]

They knew he would put the Otis group out of business if allowed to

[@corlisbumpas4383]

The man can do things with his voice that i haven’t heard any other come near. Wish I could have met David... He really enjoyed all music and entertaining with his music..R.I.P. DAVID RUFFIN ♥️🌹

[@lestinecramer3534]

David Ruffin the Greatest Singer Ever. Thanks for all the songs you did for us. Love your voice. Always did a great job on all the songs. An ICON who left a Legacy. David Ruffin Forever.

[@mechelle8769]

I’m a 90’s baby and I love this man. His voice just wow me every time. All of his songs stay on repeat! RIP King David....

[@U4Know2]

After David Ruffin.....NONE CAN COMPARE! The BEST of the BEST !

[@seekerone8368]

The sweet voice of DAVID RUFFIN just makes you melt. 2019 still listening to the voice and missing you. JUSTICE FOR DAVID RUFFIN!

[@sherryberry3902]

Oh my goodness!!! David Ruffin....you were born to sing!! Still listening all these years later.. December 2020. It never gets old!! ❤️

[@maryannbyrd980]

2023 still listen

[@seekerone8368]

WOW!! What a voice, it’s 2019 and I’m still listening to DAVID RUFFIN. Gone too soon. 💔

[@DetroitLives313]

Brilliant! David was one of our greatest!

[@otissmith2364]

This man could sing really good ! Even when he got old his voice was amazing ! I wish he stayed with the Temptations ! We Would have seen more number one hits with him singing !

[@angelloves5637]

wow love his voice so much and my God what a choir they have in heaven with Marvin' Sam and David etc... wish we had good soul music like we had in the 60's

[@a1992aron]

This video shows alot. David is doing his thing, his voice is flawless. The pianist and the bass player started to look at each other after David hit a note, then all eyes were on David.

[@N1RuffinFan]

UNBELIEVABLE!!! May be the best piece in my collection! Almost brought a tear to my eyes.

[@annemarieviglucci6609]

These are my two favorite songs by the Temps, and the best two songs David ever sang lead on. "You'll Lose a Precious Love" as done by the entire Temptation quintet is the most perfect harmony in the history of recorded music.

[@hopediamond4real]

Even without the rest of the Temptations, this is a dynamic performance!

[@jimjackson4111]

Yes.

[@otismcdade9297]

Thanks I'm coming

[@margearettarmstrong4779]

Love him no one can do it like him

[@willieoutlaw4957]

He tore it up

[@ccinstlouis]

Very talented, raw talent. Bravo David and RIP.

[@ttopcat3]

STILL one of my all time favorite artists

[@angelicaridgeway4318]

David Ruffing was Absolutely, Bar None, The Man. Never has there ever been anyone who has come close to topping his Style. And there in my Opinion Never Will Be. He Definitely, Stands Alone. Love love love, David Ruffin. ❤️🥇❤️ Simply the Best. ♥️🙏♥️🥇♥️🙏I misspelled his name, Ruffing, let me correct this, David Ruffin , He Deserves This Correction. ❤️❤️♥️❤️♥️❤️♥️❤️♥️

[@7Wonders919]

Best voice ever!!!!!

[@lindahines9380]

david was known for drawing a crowd ! 💖💕💖 2022 still my favorite!

[@lunamellor3432]

Wow!! What a smooth & hypnotizing voice. I love the 2nd song especially.

[@Unclewich]

Brilliant, as always...

[@earlgoodlett7593]

great song and a true song still stand out to this day

[@aliasiskey4434]

My goodness,every time I hear this gifted voice,i can feel the heartache 🙏

[@sammiedarden6941]

Wow. Simply amazing. Never heard his voice live. Even better than the records.

[@PearsonJd2]

Sammie Darden Listen to the album Temptations Live! 1967 both songs are on it

[@thetruthhurts9296]

I am 57 years old. I've been in the business for almost 40 years. I see all of the "old heads" in the comment section asking " Why can't we have singers Like this today"? Well, the answer is we do have singers like this today. There is Anthony Hamilton, Leon Bridges, Bilal, Raphael Saadiq, The Hamiltones and countless others. "Leave the Door Open" by Bruno Mars and Anderson Pak will never have the soul "intensity" of a David Ruffin. Doesn't matter. The song is Number #1. Some of ya'll will go on to say "Well Bruno can never be a David Ruffin". He doesn't have to be. He wasn't meant to be. There was only one David Ruffin and he's sleep. Some of ya'll are so caught up in the past with the newer artists "have to sound like the David Ruffins and Al Greens and Smokey Robinson's that you totally miss what the young artists of today offer. Also, technology has changed. The way we make records and music has changed. If David Ruffin was around today he wouldn't be making music like this. He would be making the music of today with HIS soulful vocals on it. Listen to Walk away From Love and this song and they are drastically different even being only 6 years apart. The MP3 format was introduced in 1997 and popularized by Apple’s iPod in 2001. The platforms completely changed and,, it changed everything. The sample rate of an MP3 is 23,000 compressed samples per second, half the sample rate of a commercial CD and a quarter of the sample rate of a studio-quality digital recording. The introduction of the MP3 made CD and record collections obsolete. You could store your entire CD collection on your iPod and later iPad. Technology changed. The Business changed. Free downloading became the way to obtain music as music stores began to disappear across North America. And some of ya'll have to realize that SOUL has changed. It's always changing. Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Al Green, Bill Withers, Ronald Isley,, and Bobby Womack, and other key soul singers of the era had created a new church for ‘70s African-Americans, one in which the singer embodied many roles: philanderer, hustler, and outcast, but also a philosopher and, above all, preacher. Soul music began to fade in popularity amid the rise of disco in the late ‘70s, and though there have been several key practitioners since - including Luther Vandross, Mary J Blige, and D’Angelo - the connection to the circumstances that led to its creation in the first place barely resonate with new generations of artists and fans and they will remain as touchstones for new generations to draw inspiration, but the circumstances that created them can’t be replicated. People are also hypocrites. You want to drive the latest vehicles with the latest "toys" and want the latest" phones" and will utilize the latest appliances and everything with the latest technology but you call yourself "old school". Yeah okay.

[@skd_don]

This is exactly what I be tryna tell ppl

[@ujimajame4601]

The name of the first song is "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)" and this is the first time I ever seen or heard him sing it live! (Dennis Edwards did an excellent job on it on "The Temptations At The Copa" - available on KZbin. It is interesting to hear him do both songs with minimum accompaniment. (You can hear him sing "You'll Lose A Precious Love" with The Temptations of The Temptations Live! at the Roostertail. Also on KZbin). This must have been in 1969, right after he left The Tempts and around the same time as he did the concert that made the basis for the movie "Summer of Soul ."

[@ltruthteller4548]

one of the all time greats

[@stuartdinkes8048]

PAUL WILLIAMS WASNT TO SHABBY EITHER

[@Soulja.504]

This when he first went solo and also had some hits during his solo career but was one of the greatest voices to ever graze a stage ‼️ my Favorite singer

[@lking3024]

The Voice. Always and Forever!

[@divadoll606]

David at the mic sanging. Mesmerizing.

[@davidrichardson7687]

Raw and Soulful thanks for posting this great performance.

[@lindajeannegreen6138]

David & Eddie was the Temptations. The original members will outlast them all

[@rainaholmes1186]

Don't forget about Paul. I love is voice too.

[@nubia1950]

I just bought the album "TEMPTATIONS Sing Smokey".............so EXCITED :0)

[@candykendricks2069]

There will never be another David ruffin ever! Ledgendary hands down and Eddie Kendrick's ledgends!

[@sweetlatina53]

David Ruffin your body is gone but you left the greatest gift of all your name and your legacy that will live on and on and forever in our minds and hearts may your soul rips🎤💐💕🥀

[@bigcartoonyIIV]

David was the man. It would have been dope if him and marvin would have sung a song together

[@megaoldskool76]

They did. Marvin’s song “try it baby”. David had a solo part toward the end. Of course the Temps did background vocals

[@bigcartoonyIIV]

@@megaoldskool76 i never realized that was the temps in the back ground. now that im playing it, i hear eddie.

[@megaoldskool76]

@@bigcartoonyIIV Yes and at the end That’s David singing “and I can’t get close to you for all your loving friends, take your name from the light”! Listen closely you’ll hear David

[@bigcartoonyIIV]

@@megaoldskool76 wow. I do hear the voic e changed form marvin softer voice to that david ruffin rustic voice

[@megaoldskool76]

@@bigcartoonyIIV 😃

[@johndastor]

What a voice!!!!

[@jfont5899]

I love footage like this .

[@kelseyglass68able]

David Ruffin was way before his time..

[@seldenkid48]

You mean now will never be as good as back then. Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson, Clyde McPhatter, Tony Wilson, Levi Stubbs, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Teddy Pendergrass, Al Green, The Godfather, Little Richard, Smokey Robinson, Bobby Blue Bland, Wilson Pickett, Stevie, Ben E King, Eddie Kendricks and more

[@navynightranger6517]

@@seldenkid48 and Jackie Robinson

[@johnanders6234]

Why do you millenials think your invented swag? This guy proves it was invented by him! This is fifty years ago. You did well David!

[@Washitaw]

The great David Ruffin.

[@sasanp]

There some people who can sing. And some who can SANGGGG. This is what you call SANGGGING.

[@jayharris8113]

He had a great voice! I love this song 🤩

[@bustabass9025]

Ruff', the world didn't stop turning when you died, but the music world stood still, in recognition of the greatest lead singer's voice in recorded music history. So much so that some twenty plus years later, yours is still the voice that defines "The Classic Five", and their greatest music and showmanship, during the Golden Age of Sweet Soul music. 🎤👓🎩👞

[@jeanmyers4510]

Absolutely in 2019, loved them since my teens. So sad how they ended their lives 😥😥

[@GBHArchives]

@withalotosoul Back in the 60s the Say Brother series always had a musical guest on each show. Unfortunately back in those days they didn't preserve every episode because videotape was expensive so programs were tapes over. The only thing that exists is a compilation of various performers: David Ruffin, Gladys Knight, Sly and the Family Stone, Curtis Mayfield and more. Most of the clips are abbreviated performances.

[@kluv1764]

wgbhstocksales c

[@kumaranger17]

wow this is incredible

[@patrickamos9485]

Straight soul sung from the heart real music

[@magnipotentmartha1]

Happy Holiday, this is your day "MY Favorite song by DR. David Ruffin". thank you so much I pray to see him perform this song!!! Oh Allah thank you for the divine favor! This a MASTERPIECE!!!!!

[@ltruthteller4548]

one of the best ever

[@NarinderSingh-yv8sy]

What a artist the legend lives on forever thanks for all your songs 🙏

[@jeffreylee5276]

The changes in his voice are Phenomenal!

[@weotalks2810]

David RUFFIN WAS 2nd to NONE,THE OG TEMPTATIONS Were THE GREATEST VOCAL GROUP IN HISTORY.

[@disconinja108]

The greatest singer in human history

[@martitasweetie]

He was great!

[@charlesstevens6705]

WHERE IS THE REST OF THIS FOOTAGE? I LOVE THE EXPRESSION OF THE DRUMMER LOOLING AT HIS BOY LIKE " CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS SHIT WE PLAYIN FOR RUFFIN !!!!!!

[@clementginyard5704]

David ruffin is the best ever

[@chief9116]

I may bring back that Afro look again. My uncles used to wear their hair the same way when, I was growing up.

[@johnanders3440]

Where have you been ? Thats one hair style that never ends. At least among black men.Black men keep it natural while black women have no sense of culture.They have been system matic infleunce by Becky. Looks for Becky to be the trendsetter.Oh well feminist have to be on same page for daddy!

[@ARBELL1982]

Actually his first lead was "You'll Lose A Precious Love" but was recorded a year before it was released and his last was " I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)" WOW the song he sang in this clip, didn't notice that LOL!!

[@HoneyHoneyBaby]

Happy Birthday, King David!!!!

[@sartainja]

Viva the memory and music of David Ruffin!

[@roseburton8944]

Miss you David, very gifted.